New Friends, New Openings

During times of unemployment and uncertainty in the job market, it is always impressive to see people rally together to help others -- networking, sharing ideas, sharing job leads. It's the silver lining on the unemployment cloud. I witnessed this big-time last night in my enounter with a group here in Dallas called Career Connection, a group that assists candidates in finding their "match" and landing jobs. Career Connection has actually been doing what they do so well for the past 17 years, headed up by their founder Lisa Miller, with some help from her great team, and they have seen amazing results!

They were kind enough to let me be a part of a recruiting panel last night, and I have to tell you that the people I encountered were amazing -- pure joy -- people who are taking initiative in their career search -- genuinely great people.

There are times as a Recruiter where the candidates I work with inspire me to do my job better, work harder, and keep my focus on the bottom line of what I do (and the initial reason why I chose this profession) -- helping match people with great jobs. The group last night did exactly that.

Thanks for a great evening at Career Connection -- a shout out to my new friends that I met afterward!

Here are my new openings for the week -- if you see one of interest, drop me a note at clinebarger@capstoneinc.com

C/C++ Windows Internals Developer -- full-time/Addison.
Firware Engineer -- full-time / North Dallas. Looking for Bootloader, BIOS, low-level systems developers
Firmware Test Engineers -- full-time/North Dallas. Firmware developers who can create the test scripts
.NET Developers -- full-time/Dallas. Need experience developing products or apps released to the public (not just in-house applications)
.NET Server Architect -- full-time/Dallas
Test Development Engineer -- full-time/Dallas. Developers who can develop test scripts for testing .NET applications. This is not just a package QA Tester position -- looking for a highly technical tester
Load Test Engineer - contract / Plano. Needs some lead experience, plus LoadRunner experience. Need to have served in a performance testing capacity at least 85% of time for the past 3 years.

New Developer opening

Today's openings:

PHP / MySQL Developer with experience working on social network sites. This is for a growing media company in Addison (Dallas), TX.

There are still several openings for C# and C/C++ Developers at another client in Addison (Full-time).

We have a client in Dallas who needs a team of QA Automation Engineers to select a suite of test tools, set up the test environment, and take over automation testing. Full-time opportunities for testers plus 1 Lead.

clinebarger@capstoneinc.net

Resume Tips and Current Openings

The ticket to landing an interview is a good great resume. People come into my office all the time with a wealth of experience and capabilities, but they do not have a resume that reflects it.

There are a few keys to a great resume.

• Organized lay-out. Make it easy to read. Do not see how many fonts you can use -- keep it simple. Use headers to help divide sections (i.e. Summary, Technical Skills, Education/Certifications, Experience)
  


• Use describing words. Don't just say that you developed an application, say that you were solely responsible for developing a high-transaction, high-volume application, or whatever describing words will fit. Paint a word picture of what you did and how you did it.
  
  
• State your value. Use quantifiers to talk about the impact of your contributions. Perhaps you saved the company money or reduced run time on an application (thus saving the company money). Let potential employers know that what you did made a difference.
  
  
• Don't limit your resume to 1 page. Unless you are fresh out of college, you are doing yourself a disservice. By limiting your resume, you are limiting the amount of information that a hiring manager should know, and eliminating chances to use those all-too-important key words on a resume.
  
  
• On the flip side, don't write a book. A manager will look through about 3 pages of your resume.
  
  

Hope those tips help! And once you perfect that resume, let's get it submitted for one of these positions:

- Data Architect - SQL Server/SSIS/MOSS
- .NET Server Architect
- Technical Analyst (automating and scripting monitoring software; FTP; encryption)
- Java Developers
- Automated Test Leads
- Load Test Engineers
- SAP: Basis, Product Costing, MM, Project Systems

Contact me at clinebarger@capstoneinc.com for more details, or call me at 972.818.4433

Jobs Galore!

We are definitely seeing an increase in open reqs and interviewing activity around Capstone these days. To follow are some of the positions we are focusing on today.

If something is of interest to you, or you know of someone who would be a fit, give me a call at 972.818.4433 or 214.577.9768 (cell), or you can email me at clinebarger@capstoneinc.com.

Remember that Capstone offers our candidates the opportunity to create a personal introduction that we include on the resume. We can create these over the phone or in our in-house video studio. Click HERE to see a short video that I created!

1. Java Developer, CTH, Plano
2. Java Developer with C++ and Telecom, long-term contract, Plano
3. Java Tech Lead, CTH, Plano
4. "Top Notch" senior level Java Developer, direct hire, Plano
5. Data Modeler/Architect - heavy design, star/snowflake, dimensional modeling, CTH, Plano
6. Configuration Manager - Unix/Windows/Open-source, CTH, Addison
7. C#.NET Developer with product dev experience, direct hire, Dallas
8. C#.NET Developer, long term contract, Plano
9. Sr. NET Server Architect, direct hire, Dallas
10. Device Driver Engineer, direct hire, Dallas
11. Technical Analyst/Operator with heavy scripting skills and encryption, direct hire, Frisco
12. Testing Automation Engineers with BPT and HP/Mercury - CTH, Plano
13. LoadTest Engineer with LoadRunner - CTH, Plano
14. Functional SAP consultants - APO, HCM, MM, GATP, PP/DS opportunities - direct hire and contract, Irving (can work with 3rd parties)

There are a few jobs out there...

While the new IT opportunities are not keeping up in number with the lay-offs, there are still employers out there who are hiring. Here are the openings we are working on today:

PHP / mySQL Developer - Addison, TX
Direct Hire/full-time
This is a unique opportunity to join a new Media company in Dallas and work closely with the Executive team to design and develop new social networking sites.

Kronos Developer - Richardson, TX
W2 Contract
Kronos Workforce Developer opportunity with a large telecom company

SQL Server Developer - Richardson, TX
Direct Hire / full-time
Looking for a senior-level developer to join this growing wireless company

Tech Support - Plano, TX
W2 Contract
Short term contract upgrading desktop computers to laptops for a large global headquarters.

Pricing / Invoicing Analyst - Las Colinas, TX
Direct Hire / full-time (2 positions)
Need significant pricing analysis experience, preferably within SAP.

SAP positions - Las Colinas, TX
all Direct Hire / full-time

-Inventory / Material Master Analyst
-Fixed Assets Analyst
-Basis Admin with Transportation Mgt module experience (Seguin, TX)
-APO Analyst
-OTC Specialist with SD and EDI experience
-COS Specialist with PS and Cost Accounting integration experience
-Data Conversion Lead with ETL and understanding of data dependencies

Please send your resume to clinebarger@capstoneinc.com for immediate consideration.

*All Capstone candidates have the chance to use audio and video clips to enhance their candidacy and visibility in the market. Take a look at this video to show you how!